"Guide to draw Freehand Shapes"
Subhra Bera: Editor
SketchUp’s Freehand Tool helps to create hand-drawn lines, like the planter decorations or simple lines and in this article we will describe the way of drawing Freehand Shapes using Freehand Tool.
There are many tools within SketchUp which are useful in creating 3D models or geometry and one of them is the SketchUp Follow Me Tool. It is the Pied Piper of 3D geometry that controls a face collaboratively a path for creating a 3D shape and it is the only thing this tool does. But it has a multitude of applications and enables users to draw complex 3D models with only a few clicks. Follow Me tool is users favorite tool as it is very handy in modeling finishing details that track a perimeter or edge like crown modeling or gutters and also make easier to work with modeling boarded objects like a spindle and curved vessels etc.
About Freehand Tool: SketchUp’s Freehand Tool is a handy tool which will help to trace imported drawings, create a2D sketch and decorate models. This tool will help to create hand-drawn lines, like the planter decorations or simple lines. This tool can be found in the following places:
Drawing Freehand curves or polylines: Users can draw freehand curves on existing faces or individual from existing (but aligned to an axes plane). Here are the steps to follow to draw a curve:
Editing a Freehand curve: Users can change the length of a curve entity as long as it doesn’t bind a face and here are the following steps to edit a curve:
Source: www.help.sketchup.com